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Heavily discounted advanced tickets for this year’s Balsall Common Festival go on sale at local shops from tomorrow (Friday 1st August). Balsall Common Pharmacy and Angela Jaynes Florist have taken delivery of tickets for the event at The Lant on Saturday 20th September 2014.

The event carries a wide roster of family-friendly entertainments, with fete, market, arena acts, local music talent finals, a wide variety of live music including a visit from Andy Bennett of Ocean Colour Scene repute. The festival also incorporates Balsall Common’s inaugural Fun Run, co-ordinated by The Lily Mae Foundation.

The evening live music entertainment on the Main Stage, sponsored by Nailcote Hall will run from 6pm until the show ends at 9pm.

For a full preview of the latest roster – which is updated regularly – go here:

Official Sales Outlets

There are a wide range of activities available in Balsall Common to keep kids entertained all summer long. Here are a few of the options:

Journey into Space with Dramarama

Dramarama invite you to come along and have fun creating your own show! From Monday 21 July to Friday 25 July take part in rehearsals, making props and scenery,, practising stage make up, making a video preparing for a performance for family and friends at 7.30pm on Friday 25 July. Continue reading “Don’t be bored this summer!”

Planning for the 2014 Balsall Common Festival on Saturday 20th September 2014 and the cross-community organising Committee are currently recruiting members into their prize draw team. The event organisation overall works to the motto ‘By the community for the community’ and plan to put on a great event which also puts funds back into community projects.

“It’s going to take a big effort from across the whole community to achieve our aims, but we’re delighted with the enthusiasm and dynamism of the many people who are already on board helping us bring this year’s event to life.”

This year’s roster of activities and attractions already includes:

Fun Run

Live Music

Sports

Fete and Market

Children’s Entertainment

Bouncy Castle and Children’s Rides

Dog Show

Competitions

Grand Raffle

Face Painting

Licenced Premises

Anyone interested in helping launch, offer prizes or join the grand raffle sales team is encouraged to email the prize draw promoter Danielle Garsia in the first instance
at aforeverhealthyyou @ icloud.com <== do please remove spaces before sending – cunningly added by BalsallCom.Com as an anti-spam measure.

There is sponsorship available to anyone offering up a Top 3 prize. Anyone interested in donating a top prize should talk to event Chairman Craig Burgess to learn more about the associated sponsorship deals on offer:

Help wanted!

If you feel you have skills to offer, organisers will be happy to hear from you. The team is also looking for sponsorship. For anyone interest in getting involved you are invited to contact event Chairman Craig Burgess in the first instance by emailing:

Main Fun Run Partner – Hollywood Monster

Fun Run – Event Partners – Unity Group (Carstins)

Children of 8 and 9 years from Balsall Common Primary School yesterday won the Aviva Tag Rugby Regional final at Worcester Warriors Sixways stadium. They secure a place in the Aviva Premiership Tag Final at Twickenham on the 31st May which takes place at half time during the Premiership Final in front of tens of thousands of spectators.

Balsall Common Primary School recently received an outstanding OFSTED inspection in all areas, which places it in the top 4% of schools in England.

Several of the children are also members of Berskwell and Balsall Rugby Club, who are currently running a comprehensive programme to forge links with local schools. In April the school team won a festival at the Honiley Lane based club, competing against several local schools.

This Saturday (3rd May) the club celebrates the school’s achievement at their junior presentation day, bringing to an end a successful season at the club which now sports a junior membership upwards of 200. This family day starts at 1.30pm and includes BBQ, Bouncy Castle, Bucking Bronco, Sumo, Gladiator Dual, Dad & Lads match and Medal Presentations. Entrance is free and parents and children interested in joining the club in September are welcome.

They are also taking a party down to Twickenham to cheer the children on.

BBRFC offer mini and junior rugby to children aged 5 and upwards every Sunday from September-April. For more information on the junior section visit the club website http://www.bbrfc.com and follow them on twitter https://twitter.com/BBRFCMJ